A fine teadust-glazed bottle vase, Incised seal mark and period of Qianlong. Photo: Sotheby's.

superbly potted with a compressed globular body supported on a slightly flared foot, sweeping up to a broad cylindrical neck and a rounded mouthrim, covered overall with an olive-coloured glaze flecked with a fine yellow mist, the glaze stopping neatly above the foot, the base incised with a six-character seal mark beneath a brown glaze, the rounded footring left unglazed and dressed in a brown wash; 33 cm., 13 in. Estimation 1,500,000 — 2,000,000 HKD. Unsold